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Originally Posted by Macho0978
That was another issue as Backlund was not going to match the minutes.
When the Jets beat the Oilers. They had a couple lines play against McDavid and Morrisey every shift.
What the Jets did though was play no mistake hockey when McDavid's line was out and took their chances offensively when they were on the bench. They did not get impatient, and I recall a couple games went long into OT and you could see McDavid and Leon were so gassed they could hardly skate.
The Flames should have done whatever it took to get their big line away from Mcdavid. Backlund has a history of playing McDavid even at 5 on 5, our big line would eat up their secondary lines.
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One thing I see this year is Huska isn't against going to 3 lines. If Sutter didn't rely on the crappy 4th line he could have Backlund/Lindholm every second shift and played against McDavid line, Flames got screwed when they tried to play the 3rd or 4th line against them.
This season at least the 4th line can play some sort of hockey. That Lucic line was terrible at NHL hockey.